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Bunaea

Number: 4413.0
Author: Hübner
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103196#page/162/mode/2up
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Bunaea
Journal: Verz. bekannt. Schmett.
Year: 1819
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 154
Ref Id: 2846.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Saturniinae
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Type Country: [SOUTH AFRICA]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: [Caffraria] Pais des Caffres
Types: Type(s)
Type Des Ref Id: 3125.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Kirby
Type Des Year: 1892
Type Des Journal: Syn. Cat. Lepid. Het.
Type Des Title: A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera Moths / London ; Berlin, 1892
Type Des Volume: 1
Type Des Page: 752
Type Des Comment: (as a junior primary homonym)
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37479#page/770/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Stoll
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95038#page/216/mode/2up
Type Sp In Author: Cramer
Type Sp Journal: Uitl. Kapellen
Type Sp Page: 141, pl.31, figs 2, 2c
Type Sp Part: (Suppl.)
Type Sp Year: 1790
Type Sp Ref Id: 8321.0
Type Sp Genus: Phalaena
Type Sp: caffraria
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturniidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=BUNAEA']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- Phalaena caffraria Stoll, 1790, is a junior primary homonym of Phalaena caffraria Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): 865, - Lepid., Geometridae. The objective replacement name is Bunaea caffra Hübner, [1819] 1816, ibidem: 154. It is a form of Phalaena alcinoe Stoll, 1780, in Cramer, ibidem 4: 67, pl.322, figs A, B. See also: Thyella Wallengren, 1858. BUNAEA was included within the subfamily SATURNIIDAE: SATURNIINAE by Lemaire & Minet, in Kristensen (1999).

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Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c